Sorry this update took much longer than usual but I've been really busy lately. Every time I would get a little time to write, something would come up and prevent me from writing. But I'm back now with the last chapter for this story.

"Aren't you coming?" Luke asked from where he stood on the porch steps of the Inn. He was almost inside when he discovered that his wife was no longer by his side.

Upon their arrival at the Inn, Luke and Lorelai were greeted by the rest of the wedding party and the wedding photographer so they could capture the snow in their wedding photos. Since the snow was falling steadily at this point, the photos were snapped quickly yet elegantly. After the photo session was wrapped up, everyone headed inside to be greeted by the warmth of the reception. Everyone that is except Luke and Lorelai.

Lorelai stood looking up at the sky as the snow twirled around her, coating the ground around her in a white blanket. "Just one more minute Luke."

"Come on Lorelai," Luke urged, "It's cold and you're shivering."

When Lorelai didn't budge, Luke grabbed her coat from the porch rail where she discarded it before pictures were taken and strode over to her. He helped her put her coat on before he wrapped his arms around her and held her close.

Lorelai smiled and leaned into his embrace. "Mm I'm not so cold now that I have my hunk of a husband to warm me up."

Luke dropped a kiss to the top of her head. "One more minute and then we're going inside."

"Deal."

The newly wedded couple stayed quiet as they enjoyed the serenity that came with the snowfall. They both knew the reception would be one big party, in true Stars Hollow fashion, so the quietness was welcomed for now. Luke wasn't really one for the snow but he could enjoy it with Lorelai. Lorelai chose to ignore the fact that in spite of having her coat on she was still shivering, it was worth it for the snow and the alone time with Luke.

Unbeknownst to them, Mia stood on the steps of the Inn's porch watching them. She had only been there for a minute or so, just coming up at the time that Luke wrapped his arms around Lorelai. Everyone else was inside already enjoying the reception, just waiting on the bride and groom to show up. When a few minutes passed and there were no signs of them, Mia went off on a search for the couple. And here is where she found them, quiet and relaxed in each other's company, a perfect picture of contentment. She hated to ruin the moment.

Luckily though, the couple seemed to decide that they had enough of the snow and turned to head inside only to stop when they noticed Mia watching them from the porch.

"Spying on us?" Lorelai teased.

Mia smiled. "Just making sure you two didn't skip out on us to get a head-start on your honeymoon."

Lorelai tilted her head to the side to look at Luke, her eyes sparkled with equal parts amusement and mischief. "Ooh now there's an idea. No one besides Mia knows that we're here yet. We can just sneak away and let everyone else party the night away."

"And how are we supposed to explain why we're missing from our own reception?" Luke asked.

"Everyone knows what a couple does on their wedding night, they'll put it together," Lorelai explained. "But by that time we'll be alone and too busy to even care that we are missing the reception."

As tempting as Lorelai's offer sounded and it was very tempting, Luke knew that Lorelai would regret missing the reception. He took her hand in his and began to lead her towards the Inn. "Come on, you know you don't want to miss our reception. We'll go inside and we'll celebrate."

"In the case, you better have your dancing shoes on then," Lorelai replied.

The faint sounds of music and laughter from the reception could be heard as the couple walked into the lobby of the Inn. Mia walked on ahead and into the room at the Inn that was so precisely transformed for the wedding reception. Meanwhile Luke and Lorelai took this time to hang up their coats and shake loose some of the snowflakes that had fallen on them just seconds earlier. Before Lorelai had the chance to walk away and to the reception, Luke grabbed her hand and pulled her tight against him. Any questions she had about his behavior were answered when she felt the warmth of his lips on hers, urgent and needy. His hands threaded through her hair and tangled in the curls that were carefully arranged before the ceremony.

Lorelai smiled against his lips as she felt Luke press her back up against the wall, it seemed as if Luke was rethinking her offer from just moments earlier. She tugged on the lapels of his tuxedo to gain leverage as she pushed herself ever closer to him, trying to give back just as good as she was getting.

However, the moment was over far too soon for her liking. Instead of feeling his lips on hers, she felt the warmth of his breath on her neck as he whispered in her ear just how much he wanted to take her where they could have some privacy so he could show her just how amazing he thought she looked tonight. But, unfortunately, they had the obligation of attending the reception that had been carefully planned for months now. There was no out. But there were many, many promises of just what he intended for her later on when they could be alone.

Lorelai's eyelids fluttered open to see Luke standing before her with a smug grin on his face. A coy smile crossed her face. "You're so bad. I love it." She leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to his lips. "I'm going to hold you to all of those promises later."

Luke smiled. "I look forward to it."

"Me too." Lorelai reached down and took Luke's hand in hers. "Now we really better get going before they start to wonder where we are. They might think we're up to something dirty."

Luke chuckled, he gave her hand a squeeze. "Let's go."

Hand in hand, the couple walked to the room in which the reception was being held. Sticking with a winter theme, it was beautifully decorated with snow-white roses, strategically placed candles, and even more twinkly lights. The room was filled with the sounds of laughter and music, thanks to Lane who Lorelai asked to help with the music selection.

Rory was the first to spot the couple as they walked into the room. She smiled brightly and walked towards the couple, leaving Jess to chat with her grandfather.

"Hey sweets!" Lorelai exclaimed when she noticed her daughter approaching. She wasted no time in throwing her arms around her daughter and holding her oh so tight.

"Congratulations Mom," Rory replied as she hugged her mother back. "I love you."

"I love you too babe," Lorelai replied as she gave her daughter one last tight squeeze before releasing her.

"Congratulations to you too," Rory said with a smile as she moved to hug Luke. "Oh and welcome to the family."

"Happy to be part of it," Luke assured her with a smile.

Lorelai grinned at her husband. "We're happy to have you."

At that time, Jess appeared by Rory. He offered his congratulations to the couple as well, just keeping it short and simple. He and Lorelai shared a slightly awkward hug before he moved on to hug Luke. The hug with his uncle not being as awkward as the one with Lorelai.

Before too long, the newly wedded couple was surrounded by a few family members and what seemed like most of the Stars Hollow townies, all of whom just wanted to express their happiness for the couple.

"It was a beautiful wedding. You two make such a great looking couple," Miss Patty commented as she looked them over.

"They do make a lovely couple," Babbete added in.

Lorelai wrapped her arm around Luke's waist and held him close. "I think so too," she agreed. She tilted her head to the side to look up at Luke. "I believe you owe me a dance or two Mr. Danes."

"I believe I do Mrs. Danes," Luke replied. He looked back toward Miss Patty and Babette. "Excuse us ladies. I have to dance with my wife."

"Oh of course," Miss Patty replied. "As long as you promise that you'll save a dance for me," she flirted.

Lorelai laughed as Luke blushed as Miss Patty's comment and forwardness. She placed her hand on his chest. "If I let him out of my sight long enough then maybe you'll get a dance."

"I'll be waiting," Miss Patty called after the couple as they made their way to the middle of the room that was set up for dancing.

The invited wedding guests seem to take notice that Lorelai and Luke were about to engage in their first dance as husband and wife. Lane noticed as well as she switched the music to the song that Lorelai carefully selected for her first dance with Luke as a married couple.

When the first few notes of the song drifted through the room, Luke hooked an arm around Lorelai's waist and took her hand in his. With careful movements, he took the lead and started to dance her around the floor.

Luke and Lorelai were seemingly lost in their own little blissful world as they swayed around the dance floor to the soft beat of the music. The guests watched on with smiles on their faces as the happy couple danced their way around the floor. Soon other happy couples were invited to join the bride and groom on the dance floor.

"Well would you look at that," Lorelai commented as she watched Rory and Jess make their way to the dance floor. Judging by the look on their faces, it seemed Jess was a little reluctant to dance.

"What?" Luke asked.

Lorelai nodded her head in the direction of the two teens. "Rory and Jess," she replied. "Rory managed to drag him out to the dance floor."

Luke looked over his shoulder at Rory and Jess. He chuckled. "Well he knows that when Rory asked that it wasn't really a question so he really couldn't say no."

"Well that is one trait that she inherited from me," Lorelai said knowingly. "So are you going to take up Miss Patty's offer and save a dance for her?" she teased. "Am I going to have to worry about you dancing with other women on our wedding day?"

"I'm afraid if I dance with her, I might not walk away from her," Luke deadpanned.

"She'll try to make you husband number four or five, and we can't have that," Lorelai replied. "Because now you belong to me, first and only husband."

"I like the sound of that."

"Me too."

The song switched to another slow song and Luke and Lorelai remained on the floor as did most of the other couples. Lorelai spotted her parents, Sookie and Jackson, Luke's sister and her new beau, and even Kirk with someone she couldn't quite name, all swaying around the dance floor.

When Luke moved both of his arms to encircle her waist, Lorelai draped her arms around his shoulders and smiled lovingly up at him. Despite Lorelai watching the other couples before, right now she only had eyes for Luke and he only had eyes for her.

Luke cupped the side of her face gently with his hand. He smiled as she leaned into his touch. "I'm so happy right now."

"Happy? On your wedding day? Hmm imagine that," Lorelai said with a teasing glint in her eyes.

"I'm serious," Luke replied, his voice soft and gentle. "I couldn't be happier right now. You make me incredibly happy."

Lorelai sighed softly then smiled. "Well it's a great thing that I feel the same way."

After a few more dances and thanking several of their invited guests for making it to the wedding, Luke and Lorelai finally made it to their table each with a drink in hand. As Lorelai sat down in her chair next to Rory, she purposely set her glass of champagne down on the table in between them. She smiled over at her daughter.

"If you happen to want to take a sip, or two, or three," Lorelai said, she nodded her head to the glass of champagne. "I won't tell anyone if you want. Tonight's a celebration."

A small laugh escaped Rory's lips. "Maybe, but first I have something to do."

Lorelai furrowed her brow. "What do you have to do besides dance with your fabulous mother later?"

"You'll see," Rory replied as she got up from the table.

Walking away from the table, Rory crossed the room and retrieved a microphone from Lane. She moved close to the center of the room and made sure that her mother and Luke were directly in her line of vision. While Rory tried to get everyone's attention, Lorelai realized just what her daughter was about to do.

Rory chuckled nervously before speaking. "I would like to make a toast to the bride and groom," she began. "I know, as does everyone else in this room, that these two truly deserve one another. And again, just like everyone else in this room, I'm very happy that this day finally arrived."

Various guests, mainly the ones from Stars Hollow who rooted for this couple, nodded their heads and murmured in agreement with Rory. Lorelai smiled as Luke wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close while Rory continued on.

"Luke has always been there for my mom and me. Just like a father figure for me," Rory said. "In fact this relationship kind of began because Luke once again stepped in and helped us. Although I did tell Mom at first that she couldn't date him, but what did I know?" This earned a few laughs from the crowd, including Luke and Lorelai. "Luckily though it was only temporary insanity on my part because not longer after these two started to date, which everyone knew would happen at some point."

Rory locked eyes with her mother. Even from there, she could see that her mom was struggling to hold back tears now just as she was. She knew the speech might not last much longer if she started to cry so she decided to try and wrap it up.

Rory took a deep breath before directly addressing her mother. "Mom you were willing to put aside your own happiness with Luke for me. Growing up you always put me before yourself. I know that you faced a lot raising me on your own and I'm just really glad that you have found Luke to make you happy. No one deserves this happiness more than you. I love you."

Lorelai smiled at her daughter with tears shining in her eyes. She accepted the handkerchief that Luke offered her and dabbed at her eyes. She smiled again feeling Luke press a kiss to her temple.

Rory wiped at her own eyes that were wet with tears as well before she looked around at the crowd. "So everyone if you would raise your glass in a toast to Luke and Lorelai."

Rory chuckled when she realized that she didn't have her own glass to raise in a toast but that didn't stop everyone else from raising their glass in a toast and repeating Rory's word, "To Luke and Lorelai."

Rory handed the microphone back over to Lane before she made her way back to the table where Lorelai was waiting for her with open arms. Lorelai wrapped her arms around her daughter in a tight hug and just held her there for several seconds.

"I love you too," Lorelai said as she pulled back from the hug. "But shame on you for making me cry and ruining my makeup. I warned you about that earlier."

Rory giggled. "No you warned me about crying before the ceremony not the reception. Besides your makeup isn't ruined, you look beautiful."

Lorelai smiled, "It was a beautiful speech sweets. Thank you."

"It really was," Luke agreed. He stood up and moved to hug Rory. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Rory replied with a smile. "I meant every word."

Lorelai perked up when she heard the music resume and a more upbeat song start playing. No words needed to be said between the mother and daughter as they both headed out to the dance floor leaving Luke and Jess at the table to do nothing but watch. Not that they could really get them out on the dance floor for an upbeat song like that one that was playing. Luke laughed when he noticed Michel decided to dance alongside the mother and daughter. Not too long after, Sookie joined the little group as well.

When Lorelai noticed that Luke was watching her, she motioned for him to join her on the dance floor but he refused. He was content to sit back and watch her have fun. And have fun with her daughter, Sookie, and Michel was what she intended to do as she continued to dance around the floor with them.

After dancing to a few more upbeat songs, Lorelai knew that she that she should rest a little since her shoes that were amazing were slowly becoming uncomfortable but there was more dance that she needed to squeeze in first. Walking away from her current dance partners, she headed over to the DJ booth where she asked Lane to switch up the songs a little. When her choice of song started to play, Lorelai scanned the room for her next dance partner.

With her next dance partner in her sight, Lorelai made her way over to the table he was currently sitting at. As she approached the table, she extended her hand to ask for a dance.

"Daddy," Lorelai said as she looked at her father. "May I have this dance?"

Richard grinned. "Of course Lorelai."

With that, Richard took his daughter's hand and led her out to the dance floor where they began a traditional waltz.

"This reminds me of when you were little and you used to dance with me at the parties your mother insisted we throw," Richard said fondly.

"Yeah but when I was little, I used to dance on your feet," Lorelai replied. "I may be a little too old for that now."

"Maybe," Richard chuckled which in turn caused Lorelai to laugh too. "Thank your for dancing with me now."

Lorelai smiled. "Of course, a daughter has to dance with her father at her wedding. Besides I remember dancing with you when I was little, I liked those dances."

"Me too," Richard agreed.

Meanwhile across the room, Luke watched on as Lorelai danced with her father. He was happy with how her relationship with her parents had improved over the past few months and he knew that Lorelai was happy she had a better relationship with her parents.

Luke spotted Emily across the room, interestingly enough talking with Miss Patty and Babette. He left Rory and Jess alone at the table as he made his way over to the chatting ladies. As he approached Emily, he offered out his hand.

"Would you like to dance Emily?" Luke asked.

Emily placed her hand in Luke's extended hand. "I would love to dance Luke."

Luke and Emily walked out to the dance floor amidst calls from Miss Patty and Babette that they would like a dance with Luke at some point during the evening. As they began to move around the dance floor, Emily seemed a bit surprised that Luke could dance.

"You're a very good dancer Luke," Emily commented.

"When I was little, I used to dance with my mother," Luke confessed. "She taught me to dance."

Emily simply nodded in response as they continued to move around the floor to the soft beat of the music. "I don't know if I ever properly thanked you for taking care of my girls all those years."

Luke shrugged his shoulders, "Oh it's no big deal, I was happy to do it."

"It is a big deal," Emily insisted. "You know how our relationship used to be and I'm sure she told you many colorful tales of me over the years. She's a very strong person, you and I both know that, but it's good to know that she had someone to turn to when she needed help. You never had to take care of them but you did, so thank you."

"You're welcome," Luke replied.

At that time, Lorelai and Richard appeared by Luke and Emily's side still continuing to dance.

"Hey, what's this?" Lorelai asked. "What's going on here? Trying to steal my husband away?"

"We're just dancing Lorelai," Emily said. She was sure this was one of Lorelai's little bits but she wasn't sure where it was going.

"Just be careful around her, she has a reputation," Lorelai mock-warned her husband. "Just ask her who Pennilynn Lott is."

Lorelai and Richard were gone again before Luke had a question to ask Lorelai what she was talking about so he looked to Emily for answers.

"That woman was not right for him," Emily defended herself. "I didn't steal Richard away, I simply gave him a choice. He chose wisely."

Luke gave an amused chuckle before he continued to dance across the floor with Emily.

Later that night, Lorelai watched as the wedding guests began to dwindle down to almost nothing. The ones who had a little to much fun were escorted out under the assistance of Kirk and the designated driver service he once again offered. Rory had left just a few minutes ago with her grandparents since she was going to stay with them while Luke and Lorelai went on their honeymoon. Soon all the guest would be gone which meant now would be the perfect opportunity for Lorelai and Luke to sneak away and be alone.

Lorelai scanned the room and spotted Luke sitting down at a table nursing his drink and talking with Jackson. When Jackson left the table and left Luke alone, Lorelai took the opening and made her way over to her husband. She sat down on his lap and draped her arms around his shoulders. Luke's arm encircled her waist, he pulled her close to him.

"So what's the consensus on tonight?" Lorelai asked. "Best wedding and reception ever?"

"That's easy to answer. It's our wedding and I married you, so the only answer is yes," Luke replied.

Lorelai pressed a kiss to his cheek. "Such a softie. But we can keep that a secret. Imagine if people found out just how a big a softie you are." She ran a hand down his chest. "Or if they found out just what you keep under all these layers." She ducked her head to his shoulder. "Speaking of which, what do you say to getting out of here now?"

Luke grinned. "I say let's go."

Lorelai giggled, "Hmm someone's eager now, isn't he?"

Luke tightened his grip on her, "You have no idea," he said, his voice coming out as a low growl.

Lorelai captured his lips in a soft kiss. "I have some idea. Luckily for you I have us a room reserved."

"A room?"

Lorelai nodded. "And not just any room but room number 7. Which if you remember correctly was our room number for..."

"The Bracebridge dinner," Luke filled in. "I remember. When can we get out of here?"

Lorelai scanned the room once more. "I think we're good if we leave now. We won't be to terribly missed. We can sneak away."

Luke brought his lips to hers again and kissed her passionately. "Let's go."

Lorelai stood up and grabbed Luke's hand. She began to lead him away from the table, across the floor, and towards one of the open doors that led to the lobby. She kept an eye out for anyone who might see them leaving now. Not too many people were still left and some of the ones who were had partied a little too hard but she still felt that their leaving should be sneaky. They both froze when they were spotted by Mia but she just waved them off and insisted that she would stay behind to help.

As soon as they left the reception room, Lorelai swooped behind the front desk and retrieved their room key. She dangled the key in front of Luke's face.

"Lucky number 7."

Luke grinned and plucked the key from her fingers. "Lucky number 7 indeed."

The trip up the staircase and to the room was a quick and hurried one. Lorelai hugged Luke from behind, allowing her hands to run all over his body as he fumbled with the room key trying to open the door. Once the door was open, Luke turned to face Lorelai and in one quick motion he scooped her up into his arms bridal-style which elicited a few giggles from her. He walked into the room and kicked the door shut behind them.

Now in the privacy of their room, their lips met in a passionate kiss. She wasn't even aware that Luke was carrying her across the room until she felt him set her down on the bed. She quickly pulled Luke to her and allowed his body weight to press her down into the bed.

"Have I told you how amazing you look tonight?" Luke said in between kisses.

"You may have mentioned something earlier about it earlier but it never hurts to hear it again," Lorelai urged him on.

"You look absolutely gorgeous."

Lorelai tilted her head to the side, giving him easy access to her neck. She sighed, her eyes half-closed. "Hmm continue on."

Luke picked up on her signal and started to trail kisses down her neck. "Let's see what other words. There's lovely, beautiful, divine," he said in between kissing and nibbling on the skin of her neck. "Stunning, ravishing."

Lorelai moaned softly. "All very good words." She placed her hands on either side of his head and kissed him again. "Don't rip the dress," she mumbled against his lips when she felt his hands frantically running over her body.

"Where's the zipper?" Luke rasped.

Lorelai giggled and pushed him off of her. Luke pulled her up from the bed to stand in front of him. She crossed the room and took the tiara off the top of her head and placed it down on the dresser. She shook the curls that were pinned back from the tiara loose before making her way back over to Luke.

"The zipper's on the back," Lorelai informed him as she stood with her back towards him.

Lorelai moaned softly when she felt Luke placing hot kisses down her back as he unzipped the dress and pushed the dress off of her and onto the floor. He groaned into her ear as his hands ran over the lingerie set she had chosen to wear under her dress. Once again he picked her up into his arms bridal-style and placed her down onto the bed.

Luke positioned himself above her. "Hello my wife," he said before bending his head down and capturing her lips in a slow, sensual kiss.

Lorelai held him into place by the collar of his shirt. She smiled as he pulled back from the kiss. "And hello my husband." She grabbed his left hand and slowly twirled the silver band around Luke's finger. "We're married now."

"Best day of my life," Luke said sincerely.

"Mine too babe, mine too," Lorelai agreed with a bright smile on her face.

And that's it for this story! Soon I will start posting the follow-up to this which will explore the married life of Luke and Lorelai.

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